Wagon



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JOHN HUGGINS, OF RAOINE, \VISOONSIN.

WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.313,335, dated March 3, 1885.

Application filed July 26, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. HUGGINS, of Racine, in the county of Racine, and in the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vagons; and I do hereby declare that the following a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to the construction of axle-skeins and the manner of their attachment to the gear of wagons, &c., and will be more particularly set forth hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of the front gear of a wagon embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is arear elevation of the hind gear similarly equipped. Fig. 3 represents a sheet of steel or iron, showing the manner in which the blanks for the skeins are cut therefrom so as to avoid waste. Fig. 4 represents the re-enforcing plate; and Fig. 5 is an end view of the point of the skein, showing also the re-enforcing plate in posit-ion. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view through one of the wagonaxles-illustrating my sleeveless axle-skein in position; and Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view through the same.

A A represent, respectively, the front and rear axles, and B B the front and rear bolsters, while C is a sand-board interposed between the front axle and bolster, and resting above the front ofth'e reach D upon the front hounds, E E,and the blocks F F, to be hereinafter described,while similar blocks,F F, support the rear bolster, B,which also rests above the rear end,D, of the reach,and upon the rear hounds, E E. G is the king-bolt, and H H are the front gear-bolts,and H H the rear gear-bolts. In Fig. 8 I show a plate or sheet of steel or iron rolled to suitable thickness, from which the blanks for the axle-skeins are cut on the lines shown without waste. These blanks are .then formed into shape by being bent round a mandrel in the usual way, except that the seam comes in my skeins on the under or hearing side instead of on the side or top, as in the skeins in general use, and above this seam I weld the re-enforcing plate I, Fig. 4, that portion which is within the skein K being rounded (in the process of welding) so as to conform to the rounded shape of the skein, as best shown in Fig. 5. These re-enforcing plates I extend from the points of the skeins (No model.)

the location of the'gear-bolts H H,which pass through holes t in the ends of the said plates I, which are thereby secured to the axle. I -dispense altogether with sleeves, and slip collars L (having sand-rims Z) over the skeins and back on the axles, as shown, and then block up to the holsters above and from the axle in the hind gear, and similarly block up to the sand-board from the axle in the front gear by means of the blocks F and F, respectively, these blocks being preferably of wood, (though they may be of metal or any material preferred,)'flat on top, and having a lower surface conforming to the upper surface of the axle at those poin s and the top surfaces of the collars L, and next I secure these parts all rigidly together by means of the clips M M, which bind, as stated, the bolster, blocks,collars, and axle of the hind gear, and the sandboard, blocks, collars, and axle of the front gear solidly together without any flexibility.

N N are braces extending from the front clips, M M,t0 the forward portion of the front hounds, E E.

O is a trussplate or flat bar of iron, perforated to receive the two gear-bolts H H,and applied outside or under the inner ends of the TB-GDFOIClDg plates I I on the front axle, and thereby connecting the said gear-bolts and re enforcing plates, braces P P extending under all from near the forward portions of the front hounds, E E, to an equal distance back of the axle on said hounds,tl1e gear-bolts being preferably screw-threaded,so as to secure the ends of the plates I and truss O and the braces P all together by the nutsli It, as shown. Similarly the hind gear is provided with a truss, O,and braces P I to secure the ends of the truss O, the inner ends of the rear re enforcing plates I, and the braces P I all together by means of the rear gear-bolts, 1-1 H, screwthreaded at their lower ends, and the nuts 71. h,while other braces (not shown) extend from the rear clips, M M, forward and upward to the front end of the rear hounds.

Although I har e shown and here described the braces P and P as beneath the truss-plates O and O, I do not limit myself to this an rangement, as frequently the truss-plates may be dispensed with in a narrow track-wagon,

and even when employed they may, if preferred, be adjusted beneath the braces P and P, instead of above them, as shown.

The special advantages of my skein and gear lie in economy of material employed and ad ditional strength gained of both gear and axle by this form of construction, and in steel skeins I save great expense by dispensing with the sleeves in common use,and without in any way weakening the axle, but, on the contrary, add to its strength by the manner in which my skeins are blocked and clipped to the sandboard and bolster. Another great advantage lies in re-enforcing the skein at the bearingpoint,where all the wear comes.

An effect similar to that obtained by my described construction might be secured by spreading the hounds (especially on the hind gear) so that they would occupy the position of my blocks between the axle and bolster, (or axle and sand-board on the front gear,) while the blocks themselves could be moved so as to occupy the places now held by my hounds; but this would be less desirable generally than the arrangement which I have shown and which I prefer ordinarily to use.

My independent blocks F F are adapted for use with skeins having sleeves equally as well aswith thesleeveless skeins shown and described.

In welding my re-en forcing iron above the scam of the skein it is not absolutely necessary to extend it all the way to the point or tip of the skein; but, instead, it may be run into the skein, say, about four inches, which will cost less than to extend it wholly through the skein, and will serve to strengthen thelatter at the place where theheavy bearing strain comes, and hence I desire it understood thatI do not limit myself to any specific length of re-enforcing plate, either actual or relative, nor to the distance within the skein or nearmess to the point thereof to which this plate may be inserted in the process of welding, al though the preferred construction is that shown and described hereinbefore.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sleeveless axleskein having its seam upon the bearing side and re-enforeed by a plate welded above said seam,substantially as set forth.

2. A sleeveless axle-skein cut from a plate of steel or iron and bent into shape with the seam on the under or hearing side, and there re-enforced by a plate welded above said seam, and extending from the point of the skein through and beyond it, to strengthen the gear and secure the skein thereto, substantially as set forth.

3. In a wagongear, the combination, with,

the axles fitted with collars,and the sand-board or bolster supported on hounds above the axles, of the independent solid plain surfaced blocks F F, resting upon the axle and collars, and extending to the under side of the sand-board or bolster,but without attachment to either, the whole secured rigidly together.

by the clips M M, substantially as set forth.

4. In a wagon-gear, the combination of the axles, skeins K K, with re-enforcing plates I I, and collars L L, the sand-board or bolster and the hounds with the blocks F or F, clips M or M, and-bolts H or H, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handon this 19th day of July, 1883, in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. I-IUGGINS.

\Vitnesses:

H. G. Unnnnwoon, M. KAUMHEIMER. 

